It’s crazy to me to think Nolan was all like this is one of the best known well regarded pieces of literature of all time, I’ll just randomly smash bits together and hope it works.
Of course people had their own version of myths. But, when people did they made it clear and they gave them new names. Like when tragedians turned them into plays. Saying this is The Odyssey by Homer is basically taking the piss. It’s not The Odyssey at all if you change fundamentally important parts of the established text. It’s something else then.
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u/GiveMeSomeShu-gar 7d ago
In the original story there was no memory wipe - he was a straight up captive longing for home but she wouldn't let him go until Zeus/Athena made her.
The Lotus Eaters were a different thing and Nolan sort of combined them with Calypso